Visor



Oc't. 28, 1941. G. A. ROBERTS VISOR Filed June 17, 1938 INVENTOR. GoRDN 1Q. ROBERTS ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 28, 1.941

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE vison Gordon A. Roberts, Grosse Pointe, Mich. Application .time 17, 193s, 'serial No. `,214,213 Claims. (ci. 296-91)U This invention relates to Visors and, more particularly, to Visors adapted for automobile vehicle use.

In such vehicles, it is common practice to provide a visor or anti-glare shield adjustably supported adjacent the windshield so that the driver of the vehicle may adjust the shield to varying positions to cut off the glare of sunlight, reflected headlights of other vehicles, and other causes of glare which may originate more or less off the line of his necessary vision for driving the vehicle. Such Visors are manually adjustable and are necessarily provided with some friction arrangement for maintaining their adjusted position, unless forcibly moved to some newly selected position. l

It is an object of the present invention to provide a visor having an improved friction adjustment' which'is exceptionally cheap to manufacture, durable in construction, and which will maintain a proper degree of friction throughout long use. f

The above and otherr novel features ofthe invention will appear more fully hereinafter from the following detailed description when taken inl connection with the accompanying drawing. It is expressly understood, however, that the drawing 4is employed for purposes of illustration only and is not designed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference lbeing had for this purpose to the appended claims.

In the drawing wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the similar Views, v v Figure 1 is a view ofthe visor with `its support rod with a portiony of the covering materialcut away to expose. `the construction in detail;

Figure 2 is a top view'of the hinged portion of Figure 1 with the covering removed;

Figure 3 is ak transverse enlarged section taken through Figure 1 on the line 3 3;

Figure 4 is a transverse enlarged section taken through Figure 1 on the line 4 4;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary left end view of the visor;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section of Figure 5 taken on the plane 6 6;

Figure 7 is a section taken on the line 1 1 of Figure 1 and illustrating certain details and modifications thereof; and

Figure 8 is a, modified form of the invention.

Referring to Figure 1, there will be seen a visor generally indicated as at IU, mounted on a support rod I2 having an angular end I4 slightly tapered as at I6 for insertion into a swivel sup- 55 port bracket I 8, the tapering providinga tight friction bearing therein.

The visor I0, which is swivelly mounted on rod I2, is formed ofv a metallic strip 20, longitudinally bent around the rod I2 to form artubular portion 2I in a' manner to provide radially extendingv fianges 22 and 24 which, in the construction shown, are spotwelded together at a plurality of points 26 closely adjacent the tubular portion 2|. The flanges, after being secured together, as described., are thereafter offset as at 28 andv 30 a small amount to providev a spacing therebetween and a sheet of fibrous or other suitable stiff material 32 is inserted between the flanges soas to abut the offsets 30 and 28 and ispreferably secured therein by striking a plurality of inturned integral fingers 34', as shown in Figure 7, from either flange 22 or 24 yso as to embed in the fibrous material 32, orA by striking pinch points 34, as shown in Figure 3. The fibrous material 32 may be cut to any desired shape to form a suitable visor and .may thereafter be covered by suitable finishing. material; roughly, as indicated at 35, in Figure 7, or as otherwise described hereinafter ina more detailed and ornamental fashion. In 4order to provide a friction grip between the tubular yportion 2I and the rod I2, ;so that the visor may be placedin any desired 'position and frictionally there held, thetubeZI is cut diagonally in a plurality of spaced places, as indicated at 36, and the tubular portions formed thereby, are given a Islight offset with res-peet to one another priorto the insertion of the support rod I2. As illustrated in a `somewhat exaggerated fashion yin Figure 2, each of the tube sections formed between the cuts 36 is slightly misaligned with the adjacent section' and, for'example, the portions 38 and- 40 of each section willbe seen to bear against a` rod I2 in a friction gripping fashion.y In practice, should the diameter of the rod I2 vary slightly or the diameter of the tube vary due to manufacturing difficulties, the friction grip can always be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of offset. Also after long periods of wear, if the friction grip becomes relaxed and too loose, the visor may be removed from the rod and a slight new offset may be given to the tubular sections. In order to facilitate the assembly of the parts, it will appear preferable to have the end of the rod I2 slightly rounded as shown at 42 so that the rod I2 may thread its Way into the tubular portion 2l.

In Figure 8 a modified construction is shown wherein a sleeve 50 is interposed between the tubular portion 2| and the rod I2. The sleeve is 2j provided with-a slot 52 engaging a key' 54 secured near the end of the rod I2. The sleeve extends substantially the length of the tubular portion 2| and, depending upon the length of the slot 52,'

provides an additional sliding adjustment lengthbular portion 2| of the metallic strip 20, and se-.`r

cured around the edges of the visor 32 by a bind" stitched thereto, as indicated at 66. An ornamental metallic cap 68 may be pinched over the end of the binding and thereby trim off the corner of covering material which would othering 64 may be had to the appended claims for a defintion of the limits of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A visor comprising a support rod, a tubular sleeve slidable thereon and means for limiting its sliding motion, a strip of -metal bent longitudinally around said rod sleeve to form a tube therefor with radially extending flanges, said tube being cut into a plurality of sections and each section being bent slightly out of line with each other, means securing said flanges together, and a shield secured to said flanges.

2. In a friction hinge for a visor, a supporting rod, a sleeve slidable thereon and means for 'limiting its sliding motion, a strip of metal bent longitudinally to form a tubular portion and a pa1r of adjacent radial anges, said flanges being secured togetherv adjacent the tubular por- Wise be exposed, and at the same time ,close the end of the tube 2|. The brous material '60 is sufii'ciently stiff to hold4 its shapewherebent ,as at 6I, and may be impressed{Witlreornarnental ridges 63 .extending along the border;Y if desired, or for other purposes, las impressing atrademark on the visor surface. v, 1x f; i. ;A As shown in Figures 5A andaG, the tube :2l `must be left open for insertion of the rod I2 atyone end of thefvisor.v Thev covering material 60 ,and.,62 is therefore cut at 10 andtheheavy material` 653l removed around the tube vportion 2|.,.1to a point substantially flush with the.r end thereof. ornamental `metallic cap 12 4is pinched over ythe end'of the binding 64 and covering material 60 and 62, and, as shown inFigure 6, the cloth covering 62 adjacent the tubular portion'I 2|; is turned in around the fibrous materialll as shown at 14, and an adhesive binding layer;16 applied to secure the inturned portion 14 in place. 'I'here is thus `provided 4a visorconstruction comprising afsingle hinge pieceso .constituted as to `afford friction vgrip Without necessitating any substantial addition thereto and has,'as has been pointedA out,.thefrictiony gripA readily adjustable to 4accommodate slight variation'sbf rod diameter andl may be fabricated, with a minimum of operation and expense. For example, the metallic .structuremayzbe formed continuously in long strips and -xcut to then proper length and thereafter slotted through the tubular v4portion. Also the'welds maybe effected at any stage of the fabrication. v l lif. Although only one embodiment offthe invention and a modification thereof'have been illustrated and described, it is .to be understood that the inventionis not Vlimited theretoV but may be embodied in various :mechanical forms and arrangements, fon-example, the various fastening means may be changed to equivalents thereof, such as rivets. VAs various changes in construction and form 4may be made .without'departing from the spirit of the invention, asis apparent to those skilled in the art, reference tion, and said tubular portion being cut obliquely into a plurality of sections, said sections being twisted -askew of the hinge axis slightly outgof axial alignment with one another to frictionallygrip said sleeve.

I3.Avisor comprising a support rod, asleeve slidable thereon, means forlimiting the relative slidingmovement between said sleeve and rod and means for preventing relativerotation therebetween, a strip of metal bent longitudinally around said sleeve to form a V,tube with radially extending flanges, said tubev being vcui; into a plurality of vsections-and each section being slightly bent outl of alignmenavmeans .securingV said flanges together and ay shield secured-tosaid flanges, said sectionV being bent ysuilcently -to frictionallygrip said sleeve. l

4. A visor comprising a atsuppOrtingmeans having a tube along one edge, covering material comprising an inner relatively stiff layer ,and a soft external layer folded around said tube and extending slightly beyond said supporting means,A a binding stitched around the edges of said covering beyond said supporting means, saidbinding extending up to thefold on one side to closev said tube, and-.short of said yfold on the other side to expose said tube, ornamentalmeans ,for covering the ends of lsaid binding and said covering adjacent said binding ends, and -said isofl? external'layer of covering material being folded within the portionl Vfolded around the tube to coverl the inner stiff layer. vz;

5. In a friction `hinge for a visor, a strip-of metal bentlongitudinally to form a tubular portion and a pair of adjacent radi-al ilanges,said flanges being secured together adjacent thetubular portion, said tubular 'portion :being out diagonallyyinto a plurality ,of sections,A and ,y said sections being bent askewfv of their commonaxis to resiliently frictionally grip arod extending through said ,tubular portiomeachsection hav-r ing" its opposite'end portion-offseton opposite sides of said common axis.1 f f Y GORDON 

